Nicklas Backstrom

Age 32 Nov 23, 1987

Gavle SWE

Center shoots left

6'1" 185 cm

206 lbs 93 kg

ELC Signing Age 19

Waivers Signing Age 20

UFA Year 2014

Agent Marc Levine

Draft Year 2006
Drafted Overall 4
Draft Round 1
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $6,700,000
8.2% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $3,962,366
Year 10 of 10 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2020 | 32 yrs old
Career Earnings: $69,550,000

Transaction History

Jan 14, 2020		Washington Capitals signed C Nicklas Backstrom to a five-year, $46 million contract extension.
Oct 18, 2012		Washington Capitals announced C Nicklas Backstrom has signed with Dynamo Moscow (KHL).
Apr 20, 2012		Washington Capitals (Nicklas Backstrom) has served his suspension.
Apr 17, 2012	Suspended	Washington Capitals (Nicklas Backstrom) has been suspended one game by the NHL.

Current Stats
Career Stats

2019-2020 Regular Season Stats

Nicklas Backstrom	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Washington Capitals	41	9	29	38	-3	10	557	50.00	52.30	0.70	52.80	0.60	0.43	1.72
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2001-2002	Gästrikland	TV-Pucken	8	3	1	4	18
	2001-2002	Brynäs IF J18	J18 Allsvenskan	2	0	0	0	0
	2002-2003	Gästrikland	TV-Pucken	8	5	10	15	8
	2002-2003	Brynäs IF J18	J18 Allsvenskan	0	0	0	0	0
	2002-2003	Brynäs IF J20	SuperElit	12	1	3	4	2									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
	2003-2004	Brynäs IF J20	SuperElit	21	2	6	8	2									Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0
	2003-2004	Brynäs IF J18	J18 Allsvenskan	6	9	5	14	4									Playoffs	3	0	3	3	0
	2003-2004	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	0	0	12
	2004-2005	Brynäs IF	SHL	19	0	0	0	2
	2004-2005	Brynäs IF J20	SuperElit	29	17	17	34	24
	2004-2005	Sweden U18	WJC-18	7	2	3	5	4
	2004-2005	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	15	5	6	11	8
Draft Yr	2005-2006	Brynäs IF	SHL	46	10	16	26	30									Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
Draft Yr	2005-2006	Sweden U20	WJC-20	6	4	3	7	2
Draft Yr	2005-2006	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	11	5	6	11	2
Draft Yr	2005-2006	Sweden	WC	4	0	0	0	0
Draft Yr	2005-2006	Sweden (all)	International	9	1	2	3	2
Draft Yr	2005-2006	Brynäs IF J20	SuperElit	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
Draft Yr	2005-2006	Sweden	EHT	4	1	1	2	2
	2006-2007	Brynäs IF	SHL	45	12	28	40	46									Playoffs	7	3	3	6	0
	2006-2007	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	0	7	7	20
	2006-2007	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	9	0	7	7	22
	2006-2007	Sweden	WC	9	1	5	6	4
	2006-2007	Sweden (all)	International	19	3	7	10	6
	2006-2007	Sweden	EHT	6	1	2	3	2
	2007-2008	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	14	55	69	24	1,133	59.43	59.39	6.68	59.52	5.31	0.53	2.22	Playoffs	7	4	2	6	0
	2007-2008	Sweden	WC	9	3	4	7	4
	2007-2008	Sweden (all)	International	9	3	4	7	4
	2008-2009	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	22	66	88	46	1,163	54.37	54.75	-0.74	56.71	1.53	0.26	1.75	Playoffs	14	3	12	15	0
	2009-2010	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	33	68	101	50	1,203	66.14	55.32	4.64	57.76	5.22	1.05	2.94	Playoffs	7	5	4	9	0
	2009-2010	Sweden	OG	4	1	5	6	0
	2009-2010	Sweden (all)	International	4	1	5	6	0
	2010-2011	Washington Capitals	NHL	77	18	47	65	40	1,126	61.73	55.54	6.45	54.11	3.97	0.53	1.76	Playoffs	9	0	2	2	0
	2011-2012	Washington Capitals	NHL	42	14	30	44	24	595	45.28	48.79	-2.27	50.51	1.04	0.91	2.02	Playoffs	13	2	6	8	0
	2011-2012	Sweden	WC	2	0	1	1	0
	2011-2012	Sweden (all)	International	2	0	1	1	0
	2012-2013	Washington Capitals	NHL	48	8	40	48	20	667	55.36	52.88	4.56	51.58	3.65	0.45	2.34	Playoffs	7	1	2	3	0
	2012-2013	Dynamo Moskva	KHL	19	10	15	25	10
	2012-2013	Sweden	EHT	3	0	2	2	4
	2012-2013	Sweden (all)	International	3	0	2	2	4
	2013-2014	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	18	61	79	54	1,153	41.84	44.55	-3.93	48.83	1.98	0.52	1.46
	2013-2014	Sweden	OG	5	0	4	4	0
	2013-2014	Sweden (all)	International	5	0	4	4	0
	2014-2015	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	18	60	78	40	1,231	50.00	53.73	0.97	54.32	3.49	0.63	1.95	Playoffs	14	3	5	8	0
	2015-2016	Washington Capitals	NHL	75	20	50	70	36	1,066	64.71	52.63	-0.86	52.58	1.80	0.73	1.91	Playoffs	12	2	9	11	0
	2016-2017	Sweden (all)	International	9	4	5	9	12
	2016-2017	Sweden	WCup	4	2	2	4	2
	2016-2017	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	23	63	86	38	1,107	60.67	51.25	0.46	52.58	-1.19	0.70	2.38	Playoffs	13	6	7	13	0
	2016-2017	Sweden	WC	5	3	4	7	8
	2017-2018	Washington Capitals	NHL	81	21	50	71	46	1,155	61.11	50.49	5.56	51.65	4.83	0.62	1.97	Playoffs	20	5	18	23	0
	2018-2019	Washington Capitals	NHL	80	22	52	74	30	1,119	55.00	48.38	1.60	50.00	1.40	0.70	2.20	Playoffs	7	5	3	8	0
	2019-2020	Washington Capitals	NHL	41	9	29	38	10	557	50.00	52.30	0.70	52.80	0.60	0.43	1.72
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Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date January 14, 2020
Signing Status UFA
Agent Nicklas Backstrom

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Potential Lockout Year

Standard Contract | 5 Years $46,000,000 11.29% of cap space

	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Cap Hit	$9,200,000	$9,200,000	$9,200,000	$9,200,000	$9,200,000	UFA
AAV	$9,200,000	$9,200,000	$9,200,000	$9,200,000	$9,200,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$6,000,000	$5,000,000	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$2,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$6,000,000	$5,000,000	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$6,000,000
Total Salary	$12,000,000	$10,000,000	$6,000,000	$10,000,000	$8,000,000
Minors Salary	$12,000,000	$10,000,000	$6,000,000	$10,000,000	$8,000,000
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year
	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date May 17, 2010
Signing Status RFA
Agent Marc Levine

Standard Contract | 10 Years $67,000,000 11.28% of cap space

	2010-2011	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020
Cap Hit	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	UFA
AAV	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000	$6,700,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$7,000,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$8,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$7,000,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$8,000,000
Minors Salary	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$7,000,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$8,000,000
Clauses							M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date May 16, 2007

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $7,200,000 1.69% of cap space

	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010
Cap Hit	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000	RFA
AAV	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$2,400,000
Performance Bonuses	$1,350,000	$1,650,000	$1,650,000
Base Salary	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000
Minors Salary	$62,500	$62,500	$62,500
Clauses
UFA Year